Cybersecurity on a budget: Strategies for an economic downturn

During economic uncertainty, businesses face the challenge of maintaining strong cybersecurity while managing tightened budgets. Cyber threats can become more numerous, motivated, and persistent during economic downturns, making the need for resilient, cost-effective security measures critical...

4 Cybersecurity Budget Management Tips

Learn how CISOs and security leaders can strategically manage their cybersecurity budget to run more productive security teams amid a recession and skills shortage...

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of 2023-Recession with Job-Themed Scams

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of 2023 Recession with Job-Themed Scams By Daksh Kapur · February 28, 2023 Figure 1 image from freepik.com and flaticon.com The current economic climate globally is grim because of the ongoing recession. In this environment, job-themed emails have become a prime target...

4 Cybersecurity Budget Management Tips

Learn how CISOs and security leaders can strategically manage their cybersecurity budget to run more productive security teams amid a recession and skills shortage...

This Week in Security News: Linkury Adware Caught Distributing Full-Blown Malware and Cross-Platform Modular Glupteba Malware Uses ManageX

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how an adware family known primarily for distributing browser hijackers, Linkury, has been caught distributing malware. Also, re...

How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it's hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors. In addition, many crooks a...

Cybersecurity and the economy: when recession strikes

Cybercrime and the economy have always been intertwined, but with COVID-19 on the road to causing a seemingly inevitable global recession, many are asking what, exactly, will the impact be on cybercrime. Will criminals step up and increase malware production, ramp up phishing attacks, do whatever...

3) Beware of strangers bearing e-bates

With much of the world in the grips of a recession, coupon clipping is suddenly in vogue again. That’s true for online shoppers, as well, where the hunger for e-coupons has spawned legions of Web sites, including CouponSherpa.com, Ebates.com and the like. While reputable sites like these can be...

Economy, SMB security to dominate at RSA Conference

As a security show, the RSA Conference leaves a lot to be desired. Its technical sessions carry an uncomfortable load of marketing baggage and don’t have either the cachet or entertaining edge of those at Black Hat or CanSecWest. Anyone will tell you that the real business of RSA is happening off...

The hype factor at the RSA conference

From CNet Jon Oltsik It’s nearly time for that annual spring ritual: the RSA Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. ESG data tells me that, despite the recession, global organizations continue to spend on security products. So I expect another good show, though I do anticipate that th...

Targeted attacks use 'Recession Relief' theme

Internet fraudsters are increasingly taking advantage of the deepening recession to dupe unsuspecting email recipients. The e-mail often includes a request for personal details on the pretense of receiving some financial reward, which later leads to fraud. Common themes include prize wins,...